Decidedly different: Expert and public views of risks from a radioactive waste repository

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Risk Analysis; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1993.tb01326.x· OSTI ID:5099525

Flynn, J; Slovic, P; Mertz, C K ^[1]

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1. Decision Research, Eugene, OR (United States)

A questionnaire with items that had been used in a national survey of the general public was administered to persons attending an American Nuclear Society meeting. The items asked about risks associated with high-level nuclear waste (HLNW), trust in nuclear-waste program managers, costs and benefits of a repository project, and images of a HLNW repository. The results suggest that nuclear industry experts may have very different opinions from the general public about most of these items and their images of a repository indicate a vastly different conceptual framework within which their opinions are formed. 8 refs., 4 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 5099525
• Journal Information: Risk Analysis; (United States), Vol. 13:6; ISSN 0272-4332
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
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PUBLIC OPINION
RISK ASSESSMENT
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
PUBLIC ANXIETY
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC RELATIONS
SOCIOLOGY
SURVEYS
INFORMATION
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MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
STORAGE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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